Harrisburg Area Community College


Harrisburg Area Community College is a community college in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. HACC is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. HACC serves 19,000 degree-seeking students as well as 6,000 students in noncredit programs. The college has more than 90,000 alumni.

History

HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College, became the first community college in Pennsylvania on Feb. 14, 1964. HACC is the largest community college in Pennsylvania and consists of five campuses in Harrisburg, Gettysburg, Lancaster, Lebanon and York. HACC students also have the opportunity to complete classes online through Virtual Learning.

Campuses

HACC's Gettysburg Campus

HACC's Gettysburg Campus is located at 731 Old Harrisburg Road Gettysburg, PA 17325.

HACC's Harrisburg Campus

HACC's Harrisburg Campus is located at One HACC Drive Harrisburg, PA 17110. The campus includes the Bruce E. Cooper Student Center, the Rose Lehrman Arts Center, and Midtown Trade and Technology Center.

HACC's Lancaster Campus

HACC's Lancaster Campus is located at 1641 Old Philadelphia Pike Lancaster, PA 17602.

HACC's Lebanon Campus

HACC's Lebanon Campus is located at 735 Cumberland Street, Lebanon PA 17042.

HACC's York Campus

HACC's York Campus is located at 2010 Pennsylvania Ave York, PA 17404.

Activities

HACC students compete within the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference in Region XIX of the National Junior College Athletic Association. The intercollegiate sports are offered at HACC's Harrisburg Campus and are open to all HACC learners. The sports are: men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's golf, men's and women's soccer and women's volleyball.
There are multiple student organizations and clubs at each of campus, including Student Government Associations, honors fraternities, major-related clubs and multicultural clubs.

Name

In 2005, Harrisburg Area Community College adopted the name HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College. While Harrisburg Area Community College remains the College's full legal name, the College registered the legal alias "HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College", in 2007 and began using that name almost exclusively.

Notable alumni